This dictionary is continuously updated as additional meanings and gang information is obtained.
The TBW Gang Dictionary
Color Code:
Gang has direct ties to Columbus, Oh. Additional gangs may have
associations but have either not been color coded or added at this time.
Term/ Code/ Abbreviation/
Symbol
Meaning
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Gang Name/ Affiliation
Gang Type
1
Represents the letter A
General
1%
1% of Motorcyclists/Outlaws
Outlaw Motorcycle Gang
Motorcycle
100%
Pure of Race
125
General
Five Percenters
13.5
Murder (law in New York)
Numeric code for the letter M for the
Mexican Mafia
Judge, Jury & half assed chance
14
Norteno; Norte; Northern California; Numeric
code for the letter N for Nortenos
Nortenos
14 Words
14 Words
White Supremacists
15
O for Outlaws
Outlaw Motorcycle Gang
150%
Dedicated to the cause
Netas
Motorcycle
16
P for Pagan
Pagans
Hispanic
16-12
Numeric Code for PL (Pistoleros Latinos)
Pistoleros Latinos
187
California Penal Code Number for Murder
General
Occult
2
represents the letter B; B for Bandidos
Outlaw Motorcycle Gang
Bloods
2 & Arrow Through It
Insane Deuces
Insane Deuces
Bloods
2 Swastikas
Supremacy; Silent Brotherhood
Silent Brotherhood
Bloods
22
22nd Street Bloods
22nd Street Bloods
Folk Nation
211
Robbery (law in California)
General
Motorcycle
2-12-15-15-4
Numeric Code for Blood
Bloods
Supremacists
218
21st & 18th Streets, mainly involved in
narcotics trafficking
13
Surenos
Outlaw Motorcycle Gang
Crips & Folk Nations
18th Street Gang
22nd Street Bloods
22nd
22nd Street Bloods
3
22nd Street Bloods
Indicates the letters BGD (Black Gangster
Disciples)
Represents the letter C
3 Burn Scars
Dog paw
East Coast Bloods
3 dots
Two Sixers; Represents the number 13 or Mi
Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)
Two Sixers
3 Point Crown
Third World Nation
Folk
Crips
3 Trangles together
Dirty White Boys
Dirty White Boys
Folk Nation
31 or 031
I have love for you, Blood!
EC Bloods
Asian
311
Numeric code for Blood (3) Killer (11)
Crips (General)
Bloods
3-11
Numeric Code for CK, Crip Killer
Bloods
Supremacists
274
Black Gangster Disciples
General
Hybrid
36 or 036
Bitch
EC Bloods
360
360 degrees of knowledge; Universal;
Complete Circle
Hispanic/Latino
Folks & Latin Kings
4
Represents the letter D
General
4 Dots
Represents the number 14; Party Dots
Nortenos; Folk
Supremacists
4 Point Star
Black P Stone Rangers
Black P Stone Rangers
Bloods
4CH
4 Corner Hustlers
4 Corner Hustlers/Vice Lords
Bloods
Bloods & People Nations
Bloods
Vietnamese/Asian
Hispanic
4 Corner Hustlers
5
5 Dots
Represents the letter E; Number 5 and 5
pointed star are associated with the Bloods
and People Nations
Money, Love, Prison, Crime, Revenge
5 Point Crown
Folk
5 Point Star
Diana the moon goddess
Satanic
5 Seeds
Seed Brothers
Mandingo Warriers
5 Words
I have nothing to say
White Supremacists/Neo Nazi
5%
5 Percenters
Five Percenters
5th AVE
5th Ave Cuzz Crips
5th Ave Cuzz Crips
Represents the letter F; Number 6 and 6
pointed star are associated with the Crips &
Folk Nations
Crips & Folk Nations
5th Ave Cuzz Crips
6
6 Point Star
Bloods
Asian
Crips
62
Telephonic code representing the Miller
Boys or Miller Ell Bloods
Miller Boys or Miller Ell Bloods
7
Represents the Letter G
General
7-12-6
7(T) R(12) G(6) - Tiny Rascal Gang
Tiny Rascal Gang
74
(Numeric Code for GD) Gangster Disciples
Gangster Disciples
8
Represents the Letter H
General
81
Numeric Code for HA
Hell's Angels
Crips
88
Numeric Code for HH (Heil Hitler)
Neo Nazi/White Supremacy
Crips
9
Represents the Letter I
General
10
Represents the Letter J
General
11
Represents the Letter K
General
12
Represents the Letter L
General
13
Represents the Letter M
General
14
Represents the Letter N
General
15
Represents the Letter O
General
16
Represents the Letter P
General
17
Represents the Letter Q
General
18
Represents the Letter R
General
19
Represents the Letter S
General
20
Represents the Letter T
General
Occult
Supremacists
21
Represents the Letter U
General
22
Represents the Letter V
General
23
Represents the Letter W
General
24
Represents the Letter X
General
25
Represents the Letter Y
General
26
Represents the Letter Z
General
A
Ambrose; Anarchy
Ambrose
AB
Aryan Brotherhood
Aryan Brotherhood
Supremacists
AB
Asian Boys
Asian Boys
Asian
ABG
Anybody Gets It
General
ABZ
Asian Boys
Asian Boys
Supremacists
AC
Aryan Circle
Aryan Circle
Motorcycle/Supremacists
ACG
Atcheson Crip Gangsters
Atcheson Crip Gangsters
Crips
ADIDAS
All Day I Disrespect All Slobs
Crips
Crips
ADR
"Amor de Rey" for Love to the King
Latin Kings
Latin Kings
ALKN
Almighty Latin Kings Nation
Almighty Latin Kings Nation
Hispanic/People Nation
ALKQN
Almighty Latin Kings and Queens Nation
Almighty Latin Kings and
Queens Nation
Hispanic/People Nation
All is All
A greeting; everything is okay
People Nation
People Nation
All is One
A greeting; everything is okay
Folk Nation Gangs
Folk Nation
All is Well
A greeting; everything is okay
People Nation
People Nation
American Flag 13 Stars
Breed MC
Breed Motorcycle Gang
Motorcycle
King's Love
Almighty Latin Kings Nation
Hispanic/People Nation
Anarchy Symbol
Abolish all laws; punk
Satanic/Supremacists/Militaias
Ankh
Egyptian symbol of life
Satanic
Occult
Arm Holding A Hammer
Skinheads
Skinheads
Supremacists
Aryan Sisterhood
Aryan Nation Female
Asian
Atlanta Braves
Initial "A" for Almighty
People
Supremacists
Axe
Supremacy
Accult
Almighty Latin Kings Nation
Ambrose
Amor De Rey
Anarchists
Aryan Brotherhood
Aryan Brotherhood Texas
Aryan Circle
Aryan Nation Female
AS
Asian
Asian Boys
Atcheson Crip Gangsters
Axe (2 sides) Down
Anti Justic
Malitia/Satanic
Axes Crossed
Supremacy
Neo Nazi
B
Bishops; Bandidos
Bishops; Bandidos MC
Baby G
Baby Gangster
General
Bat
Dark religious beliefs
Goths
BG
Baby Gangsta, a young gang member
Bandidos MC
Crips
Bishops
BK
Blood Killer
Crips
Black Panther Party
Black Panther Party
Death; secret mission
Satanic; Latin Kings
Shed blood; killed someone
General
BOS
Brothers of the struggle; beat on sight
Gangster Disciples or Folk
Supremacists
Boston Celtics
Colors: Green/Black
Spanish Cobras
Bloods
British Flag
British Hammerskins
Skinheads
British Knights
Initials "B" & "K" for Blood Killers
Crips
B's Up!
Bloods dominance
Bloods
Bloods
BTK
Born to Kill
Born to Kill
Bloods
BTM
Blue top Mob
Blood affiliate gang in NYC
Bulldog
Dawg
East Coast Bloods
BULLS
Bloods United Live Longer Sucka
Bloods
Crips
Bunnyhead facing left or left
ear bent
People
People Nation
Crips
Bunnyhead facing right or
right ear bent
Folk
Bunnyhead Smoking
Crips
West Coast Crips
Asian
Burger King
Initials "B" & "K" for Blood Killers
Crips
C
Crips
Crips
C's Up!
Crip dominance
Crips
CBC
Cold Blooded Cambodians
Cold Blooded Cambodians
Black Disciples
Black Ganster Disciples
Black P Stone Rangers
Black Panther
Black Panther Party
Black Peace Stone Nation
Black Rose
Bloods
Bloods (West Coast)
Blood Droplet
Blue Boy
Born to Kill
Breed Motorcycle Gang
People Nation
CCN
Bloods
Champagne Glass
Celebration
People Nation
Bloods
Champagne Glass w/top hat
Vice Lords
Vice Lords
Crips
Charlotte Hornets
Charlotte Hornets
Chicago BlackHawks
Initials "C" & "H"
4 Corner Hustlers
Bloods
Colors: Black/Pink
Imperial Gangsters
Bloods
Colors: Black/Red; Pitchfork Scar
Vice Lords
Chicago Bulls
Colors: Black/Red
Vice Lords, Latin Counts,
Mickey Cobras/Cobrastones
Chicago Bulls
"Bulls" stands for "Boy You Look Like Stone"
Black Peace Stone Nation
Chicago Cubs
Initial "C"
Spanish Cobras
People Nation
Chronic
Marijuana
General
Crips
Cigarette Burns (3)
Dog paw
Put a "4" next to the "C" and an "H" inside of
the "C"
Crip Killer
East Coast Bloods
Crips
4 Corner Hustlers
Bloods
General
Bloods
Colorado Rockies
Columbia Knights
Converse AllStar Shoe
They place a white "S" in front of the "C"
Simon City Royals
Hybrid
Initials "C" & "K" for Crip Killer
Bloods
Motorcycle
Five point star in the logo of label
People
Motorcycle
Cousin
Fellow Crip
Crips
Bloods
General
Folks
General
Folks
Cincinnati Reds
CK
People Nation
Cobrastones
Cold Blooded Cambodians
Crab Killa
A derogatory name for a member of the
Crips, usually used by the Bloods
A term used by Bloods when referring to
killing a Crip member
CREAM
Cash rules everything around me
Bloods; Other gangs
Crecent Moons facing each
other
East and West
People Nation
Crescent Moon
Unity; Mickey Cobras; Lucifer
People; Mickey Cobras;
Satanic
Cross
Strength
People Nation
Bloods
Cuz; Cuzz; Cuzzin
A term of endearment between Crips
General
Crips
Dallas Cowboys
Five point star
People
DAMU
Swahili for Blood (used in Africa)
General
Crips
Dawg
Dog
East Coast Bloods
People Nation
D-BLOCC, D-BLOCK, DEWBLOCC
Dewbourne
D-Block
Crips
Death head
Hell's Angels
Hell's Angels
Motorcycle
Denver Broncos
Switch "DB" for initials "BD"
Black Disciples
Dequiallo
Ask no quarter, give no quarter
Outlaw Motorcycle
Detroit Lions
Colors: Black/Blue
Gangster Disciples
CRAB
Folks
Crips
Detroit Tigers
Detroit Tigers
Initial "D" for Disciples
Folks
Colors: Black/Blue
Gangster Disciples
Deuce Deuce
22nd Street Bloods
22nd Street Bloods
Bloods
Deuce Mob
Deuces
Devils Tail
Folks
Dice
Meaning life is a gamble
Folks
Dice Showing 2
Deuce
Insane Deuces; Deuce Mob
Dice Showing 3 or 6
Folks
Folks
People Nation
PCP
General
Outlaw Motorcycle
Dog; Dawg
East Coast Bloods
DUB-T
(WT) Windsor Terrance Posse
(WT) Windsor Terrance Posse
Folks
Duke
Colors: Black/Blue; "Duke" = "Disciples
Utilizing Knowledge Everyday"
Folks
Folks
Duke
Crown going down - "Disrespect" to Kings
Folks
Marielito & Latino
DWB
East Coast Bloods/ EC
Bloods
EC Bloods/ East Coast
Bloods
ECG
Dirty White Boys
Dirty White Boys
Folks
Elaine Crips Gang
Elaine Crips Gang
Folks
People
Mark of the Beast (FFF=666); anti Christ
symbol
Have Killed Someone
People Nation
Fuck Shit Up
Dip
Dirty White Boys
Dog or Dog Paw
Dog Tattoo
Elaine Crips Gang
Eye
FFF
Filthy Few
Satanic
Bloods
Outlaw Motorcycle
Supremacists
General
Folks
Five Percenters
Folk
Folk Nation
Folk Nation Gangs
Folks (General)
FSU
FTRA
Supremacists
FTW
FUBU
Fuck You Blood Up; For us by us
Outlaw Motorcycle
Crips
Bloods
Bloods
Future Stones
G25
G26
G27
Crips
Group 27 Gang
Group 27 Gang
Latin Kings
Gangster Disciples
Folks (General)
Latin Kings
Gangster Disciples
GD
GDK
Gangster Disciple Killers
Georgetown
Initial "G" for Gangster
Folks
Hispanic/People Nation
Georgetown Hoyas
Colors: Black/Blue; "Hoyas" stands for
"Hoover's On Your Ass"
Gangster Disciples
Crips
Georgia Tech
Initial "G" for Gangster
Folks
Gloves
Vice Lords or People Nation; Harrison
Gents; Purity
People; Harrison Gents;
People
Hispanic/Latino
Gloves/palms up
All is Well
People Nation
Motorcycle
Hell's Angels
Hell's Angels
Bloods
Hat and Cane
Crips
West Coast Crips; People
Nation
Hybrid
Heart
From the heart(Corazon); Love for Nation
Netas; Folk
Folks
Heart & or w/ Wings
Spread love
Folks
Bloods
Heart with "madre"
Executioner; Hitman
Heart with Horns
Love and power
Folks
Hispanic
Heart/Sword through it
Death before dying
Folks
Hispanic
Power to overcome
Folks
Occult
Indiana University
Initials "I" & "U" overlapping appear to make
the shape of a pitchfork showing "Folks"
affiliation
Imperial Gangsters, Folks
Crips
Infidel
A Non believer or Islam
Used by Islamic Terrorists
Bloods
James & Livingston Hot Boys
James & Livingston Hot Boys
Hispanic
Kansas City Royals
Kansas City Royals
Colors: Black/Blue
Folks
"Royals"
Simon City Royals
KCK
Krazy Cracker Klan
Krazy Cracker Klan
King David
David Barksdale
Folk Nation
Prison/Motorcycle
KKK
Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan
Hispanic
Kill slobs when I see slabs
General
Bloods
L n' J
Livingston & James
James & Livingston Hot Boys
Folk Nation
L-BLOCK
L-Block Crips
L-Block Crips
Bloods
Goths
Group 27 Gang
HA
Harrison Gents
Bloods
Hell's Angels
Hispanic
Horns
Hybrid
Imperial Gangsters
Insane Deuces
Islamic Terrorists
JAMES & LIVINGSTON
James & Livingston Hot Boys
Bloods
Krazy Cracker Klan
KSWISS
Ku Klux Klan
L-Block Crips
LA
Livingston Ave (Los Angeles Dodgers)
LA Dodgers
LA Kings
Initial "D" for Disciples
Gangster Disciples
"Kings"
"Kings" stands for "Kill Inglewood Nasty
Gangsters"
Latin Kings
Lion
King of the jungle
Latin Kings
LK
Latin Kings
Latin Kings
People Nation
LKN
Latin Kings Nation
Almighty Latin Kings Nation
People Nation
LOC
Dark sunglasses; crip initiation; crip
Long fingernail
Drug orientation
General
Crips
Los Angeles Raiders
"Raiders" stands for "Ruthless Ass Insane
Disciples Running Shit"
Folks
Crips
Los Angeles Raiders
"Raiders" stands for "Raggedy Ass Iced
Donuts Everywhere Running Scared": used
to "Disrespect" Folks
People
Asian
Los Angeles Raiders
Colors
Gangster Disciples, Maniac
Latin Disciples
Louis Vitton Cap
Initials "LV" reversed
Vice Lords
M
Mexican Mafia
LA Kings
Latin Counts
People Nation
Crips
People
Latin Kings
Crips
Crips
Malitia
Mandingo Warriers
Maniac Latin Disciples
Mara Salvatrcha
Marielito
MC
Mickey Cobras/Motorcycle
Mickey Cobras/Outlaw
Motorcycle
Crips
Miami Hurricanes
Miami Hurricanes
Michigan
Color: Orange
People
Bloods
Color: Orange
Future Stones
Bloods
Initial "M" for Maniac Latin Disciples
MLDs
Crips
Bloods
Crips
Crips
Mickey Cobras
Militaias
MILLER
Miller Ell Bloods
Milo Boyz
MILO
Milo Boyz
Milo Boyz
Minnesota Twins
Initial "M" for Maniac Latin Disciples
MLDs
MMM
Money, macks, murder
Folk Nation
MOB
Member of Blood; Money over bitches
Bloods
Folks
MPR
Money, power, respect
Bloods
People Nation
MS13
MS=Mara Salvatrcha, 13=represents the
letter M for the Mexican Mafia
Mara Salvatrcha
Folk Nation
MLDs
Motorcycle
MSX3
Mara Salvatrcha
Marielito; Latino gangs
N-HOOD
neighborhood
General
Folk Nation
NATAS
Satan backwards
Occult
People Nation
NIKE
Niggas insane killing Ericketts
Bloods
Supremacists
Nike
Colors: Black/Blue
Folks
NORTE
Nortenos
Nortenos
Hispanic/Latino
Colors: Black/Blue
Folks
Hispanic/Latino
Colors: Black/Blue/White
Gangster Disciples
Asian
Initial "A" for Ambrose
Ambrose
People Nation
Initials "O" & "A"
Orchestra Albany
Supremacists
Color: Green
Spanish Cobras
Asian
OG
Original gangsta, a real gang member
General
OOO
OOO (Original Gangster)
East Coast Bloods
"Magic" stands for "Maniacs (MLDs) and
Gangsters in Chicago"; Colors: Black/Blue
represents many "Folks" gangs
Folks
Neo Nazi
Netas
Nortenos
North Carolina Tar Heels
NY Yankees
Oakland A's
Oakland A's
Oakland A's
Occult
Folk Nation
Orchestra Albany
Orlando Magic
Outlaw Motorcycle Gang
Pagans
Paws
Bloods
PBB
Prison Brotherhood of Bikers
Prison Brotherhood of Bikers
Asian
PEOPLE
People
People Nation
Philadelphia Phillies
Initial "P" for "People"
People
Bloods
Phoenix Suns
Colors; Initials "P" & "S"
Black Peace Stone Nation
Latin Kings; People
PIRU
A street in Los Angeles where some of the
first Blood sets started
Bloods
Hybrid
Pitchfork
Struggle
Folk
Pitchfork/downward
Disrespect to Folk Nation
People Nation
Pittsburgh Pirates
Initial "P"; Colors: Black/Gold for Latin Kings
& Initial "P" for Pirius (Bloods)
People, Bloods
Playboy Bunny
Vice Lords
Vice Lords
Folk Nation
Playboy Bunny with Fedora
Crips
Crips
Folk Nation
People Nation
Pistoleros Latinos
PLO
PR Stones
Poindexter Thug Life
Bloods
Prison Brotherhood of Bikers
Supremacists
PTL
Poindexter Thug Life Bloods
Poindexter Thug Life Bloods
Crips
Pyramid
Strength; Black P Stone Rangers; PR
Stones
People; Black P Stone
Rangers; PR Stones
Crips
Pyramid with 21 Bricks
People
People Nation
Crips
Pyramid with an eye
People Nation
People Nation
Question mark down
Questioning Christianity; Crips
Satanic; Crips
R.X.X.S
Rollin 20's
Crips
RTC
Rollin 30's Crips
Crips
Supremacists
San Francisco (Any)
San Francisco Giants
San Francisco Giants
Initials "S" & "F"
Stone Freaks
Latin Kings
Switch initials for "Super Gangster Folk"
Folks
Initials "S" & "F" spelled backwards
Future Stones
Queens Nation
Satanic
SCU
Seymour N Livingston
Crips
Shamrock
Street Crimes Unit
Aryan Brotherhood
Short North Posse
Silent Brotherhood
Simon City Royals
Sisters of the Struggle
Skinheads
Skull
Prison/Outlaw MC/Crips
Skull tattoo
Crypt Keeper
Crips
SLOB
A derogatory name for a member of the
Bloods, usually used by Crip members
General
Slob Killa
Crips
Crips
SMITH RD
Bloods
SMM
Sex, money, murder
Bloods
SN
Short North
Short North Posse
SNL
Seymour N Livingston Crips
Seymour N Livingston Crips
SNP
Short North Posse
Short North Posse
SOS
Sisters of the Struggle; Shoot on sight; Sons
of Silence
Sisters of the Struggle; Sons
of Silence MC
Basic red-colored hat
Spanish Vice Lords
Staff/3 prong
Third World Nation
Folks
Staffs crossed
Power
People Nation
Stamp
Tattoo
Star/5 point broken
Disrespect toward People Nation
Sons of Silence MC
Spanish Cobras
Spanish Vice Lords
St. Louis Cardinals
Staff
Folk Nation
Hispanic/Latino
Star/5 pointed
Respect; honesty; unity; knowledge; love
Star/5 pointed/three lines
Kidnapper
Star/6 pointed
Star of David
Crack the five point star to disrespect the
"People"
Five point star
Folk Nation; Crips
Straight Edge Skinheads
Straight Edge Skinheads
Loc's; knowledge
Crips; Folks
Surenos; Southern California
Surenos
Starter Symbol
Starter Symbol
Stone Freaks
STRAIGHT EDGE
People Nation; Bloods
Folks
People
Straight Edge Skinheads
Sunglasses/dark
Supremacists
SUR
SUR13
Surenos 13
Surenos
Surenos 13
Sword
Overthrow
Aryan Brotherhood Texas
Sword in fire
Wrath of Allah
People Nation
SXE
Revolution
Straight Edge Skinheads
Tampa Bay Lightning
Texas Rangers
Colors: Black/Blue
Gangster Disciples
Initial "T" looks like pitchfork going down
People
THU
Revenge
Tiny Rascal Gang
TNA
Trevitt and Atcheson Crips
Trevitt and Atcheson Crips
Top hat
Gentlemen; classy
Harrison Gents; People
Torch
Overcome
Folks
TOS
Terminate on sight
TP or TTP
Treetop Piru
Trap House
Place where drugs are sold
TRG
Tiny Rascal Gang
Tiny Rascal Gang
UBN
United Blood Nation
Bloods
Universal
Full Circle; Meeting
University of Illinois
Initials "U" & "I" together appear to be a
pitchfork being thrown up
Colors: Red/Black; "UNLV" backwards
stands for "Vice Lords Nation United"
Bloods (West Coast)
Trinitarians
Two Sixers
UNLV
Folks
Vice Lords
Vice Lords
Vietnamese
WEB-BOYZ
Web Boyz
Hybrid
WEB-GURLZ
Web Boyz
Hybrid
West Coast Crips
Crips
Wet
PCP
What time is it?
You are going to die
White Supremacists
White Supremacy
Whitney Young Crips
Windsor Terrance Posse
(WT)
WL
Wilson & Livingston
Folks
WL Block
Wilson & Livingston
Folks
WSM
Outlaws
Straight Edge Skinheads
WT
Windsor Terrance Posse
Windsor Terrance Posse
WTP
Windsor Terrance Posse
Windsor Terrance Posse
WYC
Whitney Young Crips
Whitney Young Crips
X
Roman Numeral for the number 10
XIII
13; M; Southern California; MS13
Mara Salvatrcha
XVIII
18
18th Street Gang
XXX
Straight Edge Skinheads
Straight Edge Skinheads
Yellow Jackets
Black and Gold
Latin Kings
YG
Young Gangsta, a novice gang member